Tag: Kansas
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Four in a row
The BNSF Emporia Subdivision can be a busy place, but this afternoon At Ridgeton, I managed to catch four trains with only a few minutes between them.
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It’s my party, I’ll shoot as many trains as I want to
For my birthday weekend, between the dinner and the birthday cake, I took some time to do some train watching.
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Saw a train… just not the one I expected
This morning, I checked the Amtrak status map and noticed that the Southwest Chief was running quite late and would be in Topeka around 8:40. Based on that, I decided to try and catch the train before I went in to work (I currently work in Topeka) I made it to a good spot along…
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Where there are snow and trains
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a train watching story on here, so I figure it was time to do so. My last trip train-watching was a productive afternoon on the first weekend of January. The only regret was the fact that I did not realize that KU had a game that afternoon (a…
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Trio of Late Amtrak trains
My exploits capturing a series of late Amtrak trains in late June and early July of 2020
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An hour in the pumpkin patch
Right before Halloween, I wanted to head down to Uncle Warren’s pumpkin patch (AKA, the BNSF Southern Transcon) to catch some action. Let’s just say I was not disappointed.
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Truck Parking, Part 2
With the new Truck Parking Information Management System system now in place at the rest areas along I-70 in Kansas, the KTA is now following suit at its service areas
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Truck Parking
Back in January, KDOT introduced a new system to inform drivers of the availability of Truck Parking at the Rest Areas along I-70. Yesterday, I finally got around to checking the new feature out.
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Train photos from today
Two sets of photos from the first week of 2017.
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January 1996
My photos from January of 1996.